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Lyme Conservation Commission pursues volunteers for wooden signs, orders trail markers; updates on milfoil and invasive-species work
Summary
Commissioners approved volunteer outreach for building wooden signs, agreed to replace fragile marker nails with aluminum, reported completed view clearing on Ledge Trail, no confirmed milfoil finds but divers flagged possible spikes, and noted ongoing invasive-species work funded by a Lyme Foundation grant.
Members discussed multiple land-management and outreach items at the June 8 meeting.
Signage: Blake Allison relayed Lin Brown’s note that the State of New Hampshire corrections program supplies metal signs only. Because the commission prefers wooden signs, he agreed to post a request on the Lyme listserv for volunteers to build, paint and install wooden signs for town trails and facilities.
Trail hardware and markers: Jill Niles reported she ordered markers for the Ledge Trail and Chaffee Wildlife Sanctuary but found the nails too fragile. Matt Stevens suggested using aluminum nails so they will pop off after tree growth and not harm the trees.
Forest management and maintenance: Jill reported she and a UVLT volunteer, Jim Miller, monitored the Trout Pond Forest easement boundary on foot and by canoe; no revisions to the management plans were finalized at this meeting. Blake reported that Ledge Trail view‑clearing work has been completed and that "there has been no invoice submitted to date. People who have seen it report being happy with the work." There was no new information on Chaffee path maintenance.
Milfoil and aquatic monitoring: Sue MacKenzie said no confirmed milfoil reports have been filed this year. Divers observed plant spikes on June 8 that may be milfoil; the Friends of Post Pond will discuss future dive plans.
Biodiversity work: Meg Sheehan said recent workdays at Big Rock Nature Preserve showed progress controlling knotweed after ten years of effort; the group received a Lyme Foundation grant to continue invasive‑species removal.
Other maintenance items: Commissioners discussed leftover lumber from the Chaffee Post Pond boardwalk work, the Trout Brook split‑rail fence on the state right of way, a bench placed by Matt Stevens and John Biglow that still needs skids and a marker, and assembling bylaws and management plans to support a commission visioning statement.
The commission adjourned at 7:52 p.m.
